

The Lockdown Types
Me: Grantham, UK Him: Grantham, UK F: Grantham, UK Home, lives, friends, work, wonderful nanny: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 6776km Last week...


1994
Me: Dadaab, Kenya Him: Nairobi, Kenya F: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 474km Can you remember what you were doing in 1994? In case it jogs...


The House that Mummy Built
Me: Nairobi, Kenya Him: Stellenbosch, South Africa F: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 5,215km I can't say for absolutely certain, but I am...


Motherhood: A language
Me: Nairobi, Kenya Him: Nairobi, Kenya F: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 0km There are some words I've always thought don't make much sense. ...
Turning middle-aged
Me: Nairobi, Kenya Him: Nairobi, Kenya Raspberry: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 0km When my brother-in-law turned 35 my mother-in-law...


Introducing Raspberry
Me: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Kampala and Soroti, Uganda | Nairobi, Kenya Him: Nairobi, Kenya | Zanzibar, Tanzania | Nairobi, Kenya...


What happens in Rhino should not stay in Rhino
Me: Rhino Settlement, West Nile, Uganda Him: Zanzibar, Tanzania Distance: 2,015km ​​ The small plane had the feel of a school trip on its...


Painting Marsabit
Me: Nairobi, Kenya Him: Rye, UK Distance: 10,561km ​​ My A-level art teacher had a tendency to roll her eyes and instruct me on a fairly...


To the Manor Born
Me: Nairobi, Kenya Him: Mombasa, Kenya Distance: 483km This week we moved house. We are quite the veterans at moving house: since...


Friday Whine
Me: Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya Him: Dubai, Paris, Mexico Distance: Forget distance, we can't manage time zones... Some Friday...